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    The Legions Direct Email site link

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    All in english and everything for us anglos.

    I haven't gotten a response yet (week ago sent). Do you think they only respond to those in French?
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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    they replied to me in french, and sent me some recruiting stuff.
    With your Shield, or on it.

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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    Nothing yet back from them myself. How long did it take for you to get a reply? Did you send your questions in French, or did you did you write in English and get a French reply?

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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    Don't expect too much on the reply... They will send you a brief answer (very brief, usually a “oui” or “non”) and then a copy and paste of the recruitment info from the site.
    I tried your point of view, I just couldn't get my head that far up my ass!

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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    No point in sending these silly emails. No one there gives a shit. If you want to join, then go and join. If you've got some important and not completely idiotic questions, then this forum will provide you with everything you need to know.

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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    Quote Originally Posted by newb View Post
    Nothing yet back from them myself. How long did it take for you to get a reply? Did you send your questions in French, or did you did you write in English and get a French reply?
    I wrote in French, asked them about an previous injury but all I got was “turn up and we will have a look at you.”
    With your Shield, or on it.

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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    Quote Originally Posted by mammikoura View Post
    No point in sending these silly emails. No one there gives a shit. If you want to join, then go and join. If you've got some important and not completely idiotic questions, then this forum will provide you with everything you need to know.
    As a veteran myself (of another branch of course) I can tell you first hand experience and first hand knowledge are better posterity than real life application. Stuff gets outdated and changed a lot, and often quickly.

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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    Quote Originally Posted by newb View Post
    As a veteran myself (of another branch of course) I can tell you first hand experience and first hand knowledge are better posterity than real life application. Stuff gets outdated and changed a lot, and often quickly.
    Once you've got your reply, you will understand what I meant.

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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    I came across legion-recrute.com a while before I came across cervens.net. So I sent them an e-mail & I rather quickly got a response. I must have caught the gentleman typing in return on a good day, what he typed was brief but very helpful (considering the question I asked).

    What impressed me the most was what the guy typed at the end of his e-mail to me. "While hoping to have given you satisfaction, receive, Sir, the expression of my sincerity."
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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    Well, I finally got a response. It said, and I quote.

    Sir,


    c) For questions about your criminal record we are not entitled to respond to you via internet, or by phone. Your state will be considered as part of your recruitment, once in France.


    "Regards.



    PS) Visit our web site :



    http://www.legion-recrute.com/en/"


    Yep, at least they replied I guess. Do you think that was just a nice way of saying "screw the Yankees"?

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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    hmm wait a second. That's excatly the very same answer I received when I asked about my criminal history. Hmm......

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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    It means you have to show up for them to evaluate you. Everything is done in Aubagne. That's just the way it works. It isn't like back home and there is nothing wrong with that. If you want to know the answer, do like everyone else does, roll the dice and show up.
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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    I have send emails to FFL. And I concur with Nick.
    / Brad

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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    I've directly emailed them several times and never gotten a response. I did get responses to traditional mail though, but about other matters, the letters were handwritten in French and took between 6 weeks to 3 months to get a reply. Just give it a shot and show up for selection. Godspeed.
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    Re: The Legions Direct Email site link

    Bonne Chance

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